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Maricopa Unified School District
The Maricopa Unified School District is the main public school district in the city of Maricopa, Arizona Maricopa is a city in the Gila River Valley in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. With 62,720 residents as of 2021, Maricopa is the largest incorporated municipality in Pinal County History Maricopa has had three locations over the years: .... It operates six elementary schools, two middle schools, and two high schools as well as an online school. The district (as of 2018) is at an "A" rating. Schools Elementary * Butterfield Elementary * Saddleback Elementary * Santa Rosa Elementary * Santa Cruz Elementary * Maricopa Elementary * Pima Butte Elementary Middle * Desert Wind Middle School * Maricopa Wells Middle School High * Desert Sunrise High School * Maricopa High School Online School * Maricopa Virtual Academy References External links * School districts in Pinal County, Arizona Maricopa, Arizona {{Arizona-school-stub ...
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Maricopa, Arizona
Maricopa is a city in the Gila River Valley in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. With 62,720 residents as of 2021, Maricopa is the largest incorporated municipality in Pinal County History Maricopa has had three locations over the years: Maricopa Wells, Maricopaville and Maricopa Junction; the latter gradually became known as Maricopa. It started as an oasis around a series of watering holes eight miles north of present-day Maricopa, and about a mile west of Pima Butte. European-American traders and travelers called it Maricopa Wells. Several of Arizona's rivers, the Gila, Santa Cruz, Vekol and Santa Rosa provided this oasis in the desert with an ample supply of water during this period of time. During the late 1800s, Maricopa Wells was one of the most important relay stations along the San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line and the later more famous Butterfield Overland Mail Route. Today, very little remains of this once bustling community, but it played an important part in t ...
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Desert Sunrise High School
Desert Sunrise High School is a high school in Maricopa, Arizona, in the United States. The school is in the Maricopa Unified School District, and is located on Murphy Rd and Farrell Rd in Maricopa. Its school mascot is Golden Hawks and its colors are blue, gold, and gray. Desert Sunrise opened in July 2022 with grades 9 and 10 for the 2022-23 school year. During the 2023-24 school year, the school will serve grades 9-11. Beginning in the 2024-25 school year, the school will serve grades 9-12. Origin In 2018, about $26 million dollars was approved by the School Facilities Board to construct a second high school in the Maricopa Unified School District The Maricopa Unified School District is the main public school district in the city of Maricopa, Arizona Maricopa is a city in the Gila River Valley in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. With 62,720 residents as of 2021, Maricopa is the .... They noticed a growing student population and need for additional classroom spa ...
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Maricopa High School
Maricopa High School is a high school in Maricopa, Arizona under the jurisdiction of the Maricopa Unified School District. Maricopa High School was opened in 1955 with the first freshman class, which had 35 students, and for the next decade, it held fewer than 100 students. The school's first graduating class was the class of 1959. At the height of the Baby Boom era, Maricopa peaked in 1976 with 218 students. It next surpassed that in 1985, when the school had 221 students. At the end of 1999, the school had some 306 students. The 2000s were a decade of stunning growth in Pinal County Pinal County is in the central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. According to the 2020 census, the population of the county was 425,264, making it Arizona's third-most populous county. The county seat is Florence. The county was founded in 187 ... (which saw 109% growth) and especially Maricopa (which grew 4,180%). In 2000, Maricopa had 308 students. That jumped quickly (within five years) to ...
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School Districts In Pinal County, Arizona
A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools. The names for these schools vary by country (discussed in the '' Regional terms'' section below) but generally include primary school for young children and secondary school for teenagers who have completed primary education. An institution where higher education is taught is commonly called a university college or university. In addition to these core schools, students in a given country may also attend schools before and after primary (elementary in the U.S.) and secondary (middle school in the U.S.) education. Kindergarten or preschool provide some schooling to very young children (typically ages 3–5). University, vocational school, college or seminary may be ava ...
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